LessonsDiptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their ConditionsQuiz

فَـ«سَعْدَانٌ» اسْمُ نَبْتٍ مُنْصَرِفٌ؛ لِعَدَمِ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ.
Translation: Saʿdān is the name of a plant and is fully declinable because it lacks proper-name status.

Merely ending in -ān is not sufficient. Here the word denotes a kind of plant, not a particular person’s proper name.

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A Common Noun: Saʿdān

Diptote Causes — Additional Alif and Nūn and Their Conditions

فَـ«سَعْدَانٌ» اسْمُ نَبْتٍ مُنْصَرِفٌ؛ لِعَدَمِ الْعَلَمِيَّةِ.
Translation: Saʿdān is the name of a plant and is fully declinable because it lacks proper-name status.

Merely ending in -ān is not sufficient. Here the word denotes a kind of plant, not a particular person’s proper name.